I have a house in an area (southern Ontario) that is subject to wind-storms. I want to enclose my side porch in plastic so that I can smoke there - I just had a baby and can't smoke inside anymore. I put up 5 mm plastic with staples and strapping wood held up with finishing nails, but in the first wind-storm most of it came down. Would tarps work better? I can't afford to do it in properly with lattice and plywood right now, although that is my ultimate goal. Also I am alone here with my baby, my husband is a long-hauler and I need to be able to do this myself. I can operate a nail gun, a skil-saw, a staplegun. Please advise!
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hmm. that's what we do at my house for winter and it's never failed us yet. Maybe you have too much space between the staples or they're too close to the edge? Another idea is you could nail them down by hand and bend the nail to cover a longer area of the plastic
Try using the metal disks that roofers use to help hold shingles in place. This will spread the force around a larger area, instead of concentrating it right around the staple or nail. I don't know what they're called, but I suspect you can go to Home Depot or a similar home-improvement store and find them.
When I lived in Minnesota we used to do that; we put some extra wood across the windows in an X, and sealed it also with tape. It should be fairly tight, or the wind will flap it and tear it, too.
